convent
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In Rome, they founded the convent of Santa Maria del Popolo at one of the city's main entrances, with trees and gardens nearby.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
In 1990, after almost five decades of shuttling among temporary locations, the painting was finally installed in Rimini’s new Museo della Città, a renovated Jesuit convent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Seasonal purists could just download the dozen or so Christmas episodes of this long-running and still-exceptional drama about a group of midwives working out of a convent in London’s East End.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
El Pais daily reported that the Civil Guard had searched the convent "to clarify if the former nuns had irregularly sold pieces of sacred art".
From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025
Galileo remained close to the girls both geographically and emotionally, and often visited the convent; surviving letters between Galileo and Maria Celeste give a close insight into his later life.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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